Ryland family genealogy

Of Dungarvan and Waterford

Arms: Or, nine mullets in saltire gu. Crest: A portcullis sa.

Charles Ryland,[1] of Dungarvan, county Waterford, gent.; Will dated 31st January, 1718, and proved on the 3rd Sept. of that year; buried at Dungarvan; m., and bequeathed all his real estate to his son Richard.

2. Richard, of Dungarvan, son of Charles; b. 1679, d. 31st March, 1751; had four brothers and one sister, Mary. The brothers were— 1. John; 2. Charles; 3. Lieutenant Nicholas, of Callan, co. Kilkenny; 4. James. This Richard married in 1713-14 Mary (died 1758), dan. of William Pembroke, of Essex, England, and had Mary (died at Cork, 1758), who mar. Robert Grove of Ballyhymock, county Cork, and had Mary (died 1791), who m. Francis Charles, second Viscount Annesley, who d.s.p., 19th Dec., 1802.

3. Richard Ryland (d. 1760, bur. at Dungarvan): son of John, second son of Charles; had a brother named Philip, of Dungarvan, gent. This Richard m., in 1749, Hester Barker (b. 1727, d. 1777), and had:

1. Rev. Richard Ryland, of whom presently.
2. Sarah, of Waterford, who died 1817.

4. Rev. Richard Ryland, D.D., Prebendary of Lismore (b. 1760, d. 1800): son of Richard; mar. Mary Burton (b. 1764, d. 1798, and was bur. in Dungarvan, as was her husband), and had seven sons and one daughter:

1. Thomas Burton Ryland, who married and had an only child, Olympia, who died young.
2. Rev. Richard Hopkins Ryland, M.A., of whom presently.
3. Marlay, unm.
4. John.
5. Frederick.
6. Henry, Lieut. R.N.
7. William, M.D.
1. Sarah, unm.

5. Rev. Richard Hopkins Ryland, M.A. (b. 1788, d. 30th Dec., 1866): second son of Rev. Richard; collated Chancellor of Waterford Cathedral, on 31st October, 1829; and collated Prebendary of Mora, on 29th Dec., 1842. Was the author of the History of Waterford: 8vo, 1824; and of Observations on a Pamphlet on National Education: 8vo, 1844. This Richard m. Isabella-Julia (d. 1873, aged 75), dau. of the Rev. George Louis Fleury, Archdeacon of Waterford, and had, with other children, the following:

1. Richard, who migrated to Canada.
2. George-Henry, who also went to Canada.
3. Rev. John-Frederick, of whom presently.
4. Charles-Thomas, also went to Canada.

6. Rev. John-Frederick Ryland: third son of Rev. Richard Hopkins Ryland; Archdeacon of Lismore, and Rector of Tallow, co. Waterford; was also some time Archdeacon of Waterford.

Notes

[1] Ryland: John Ryland, of Youghal, county Cork, was, on 29th September, 1698, made a Freeman of that town; a member of Council in 1711; elected Mayor, 25th Sept, 1716; and “Mayor of the Staple,” on the 6th January, 1717—18; Will dated 29th Sept., and proved 12th Dec., 1723. Had a sister Margaret Ryland, who married Mr. Armstrong, of Ballyporeen, county Tipperary. Said John Ryland, of Youghal, married and had one son and four daughters: 1. William, who was admitted a freeman of Youghal, on 3rd June, 1723; 1. Margaret, 2. Hannah, 3. Elizabeth, 4. Ellinor.